What does the word Alma Matter mean?

Answer 1

Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother". It was used in ancient Rome as a title for the mother goddess, and in Medieval Christianity for the Virgin Mary.

It is now a term mainly used in academia — as a sobriquet for the university or college a person has attended. This usage is taken from the full name ("Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna") of the oldest European university, the University of Bologna.

In the United States the term is used in two further ways: in reference to a high school or elementary school a person has attended; and as a generic term for a school's anthem or song, examples of which often include the phrase, sometimes as the incipit.

Answer 2

Alma mater is a term of academia. "Alma mater" is the Latin term for "nourishing mother". It is used, less frequently than formerly, in the English language as a sobriquet for the university or college a person has attended. In American English, it is also in reference to a high school or elementary school. Alma mater is sometimes the incipit of a school's anthem or song, and may be taken as a title for the genre.

Answer 3

Alma Matter means the school where you studied. Like St. Joseph's school is my Alma Matter

Answer 4

Its Alma 'Mater'
It means The school from which one has graduated, as in "My alma mater is The University of Texas at Arlington."

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Answer 5

Alma Mater is your old high school or college that one
attended.